Iran exercising ‘maximum restraint’ -Zarif

REUTERS May 16, 2019 02:51 Breaking news. (photo credit: JPOST STAFF) TOKYO – Iran remains committed to its obligations under a multilateral nuclear deal despite the United States’ withdrawal from the landmark agreement last year, its foreign minister said on Thursday, calling the U.S. escalation of sanctions “unacceptable”. “We exercise maximum restraint in spite of […]

Baghdad won’t let Washington use its territory in war against Iran – Iraq’s envoy

Published time: 15 May, 2019 15:21 Iraq does not want a “devastating” new war in the Middle East and will not allow the US to use its territory for military action against neighboring Iran, Baghdad’s ambassador to Moscow has said. “Iraq is a sovereign nation. We will not let [the US] to use our territory,” […]

Iran’s IRGC chief: Ready for ‘full confrontation’ with the US

On April 8 the US designated the IRGC a terrorist organization. Salami was appointed to head the organization on April 21. Seth J. Frantzman May 16, 2019 01:28 The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released a statement on Wednesday claiming the country was now working at maximum capacity in preparation for a “full confrontation” with its […]

US in new push to resolve Israel-Lebanon sea border dispute

Lebanese President Aoun told US officials that Lebanese officials have a ‘unified stance’ regarding the demarcation of the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel Associated Press|Published:  05.15.19 , 23:09 Israel and Lebanon both claim some 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon hopes to unleash offshore oil and gas production as […]

Allies split with US over Iranian threat as war worries mount

British general tells reporters that coalition forces have not detected any issues with Iran-backed forced in Iraq and Syria, drawing rare rebuke from US military and exposing rift By AP15 May 2019, 4:51 am  6   In this Sunday, May 12, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned […]

Hamas official to Israel: The ‘day of your slaughter’ is approaching

Senior Hamas official Fathi Hamad addresses Palestinians near the border in the northern Gaza Strip. “We came to tell the Zionist enemy, its men, army, government and Knesset: ‘Go away from us.’ The day of your slaughter, extermination and demise is approaching,” says Hamad, who is known for employing fiery rhetoric. “All of you should […]

‘Give peace a chance’: Saudi paper urges Palestinians to consider Trump plan

May 15, 2019 The editor-in-chief of a Saudi newspaper is urging Palestinians to keep an open mind toward the Trump administration’s Mideast peace plan. By World Israel News and AP Arab News editor-in-chief Faisal J. Abbas wrote on Wednesday in his publication that U.S. President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” Middle East peace plan […]

US Administration Recognizes that Israel has a “Secret Weapon”

Avi Abelow Last night in Jerusalem there was a small celebration for the historic one year anniversary of the US Embassy opening in Jerusalem. US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman spoke and mentioned Israel’s “secret weapon” – “Israel has one secret weapon that no other country has. Israel is on the side of God and […]

Pompeo, Friedman: Israeli rule over Golan fulfills UN Resolution 242

“President Trump’s Golan proclamation is entirely consistent with Resolution 242,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador David Friedman wrote in a recent op-ed. Yvette J. Deane May 15, 2019 15:31 President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the Golan Heights as part of Israel’s sovereign territory fulfills UN Security Council Resolution 242, United States Secretary […]

700 reasons not to create a Palestinian state

Gaza has become the most graphic illustration of why relinquishing Judea and Samaria to the perennially hostile and extremely corrupt Palestinian Authority is a fantastically dangerous idea. (May 14, 2019 / JNS) The nearly 700 rockets fired at Israel by terrorists from Gaza by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in early May were not just […]

Despite tensions, Nakba Day protests in Gaza pass without major incident

Some 10,000 Palestinians demonstrated along security fence but the IDF, with a stricter open-fire policy, and Hamas, which patrolled the border, largely kept the peace By JUDAH ARI GROSS Today, 12:02 am  0   An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister at rioters east of the Gaza city of Rafah in the southern Strip during Nakba […]

Putin says wants to ‘fully restore’ Russia-US ties

Latest Revision may 14, 2019, 2:59 PM Alexander NEMENOV (AFP) FILE: Donald Trump glances at Russia’s Vladimir Putin ahead of a family photo during the G20 Leaders’ Summit in 2018 Putin also praised the Mueller report, calling it ‘an objective investigation’ Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said he wanted to “fully restore” strained ties […]